Baby&#39;s garment



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BABYs GARMENT Filed Dec. 5, 1940 y 'Fig'. 2. g* l5 \G 2 7 6 8 e n lo 7Figl-l f by @MQW Abby Beveridge Baum Patented Aug. ll, 1942 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE Abby Beveridge Baum, Seattle, Wash.

Application December 5', 1940, Serial No. 368,649

3Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in babys garments and the objectthereof is to provide a play or sleeping garment to enclose the babysbody and legs and protect it from drafts of air while permitting freeunrestricted movement of the babys arms, legs and body.

More specifically an object of the invention is to provide a babysgarment of this character in the form of a sack of sufficient sizeloosely to surround a babys body and legs and permit free movementthereof having an open upper end to enclose the babys chest, withreleasable means for constricting the upper end suillciently to lcauseit loosely to ilt the babys chest, and having releasable means forretaining the upper end ln close promixity to the babys armpits so thatthe arms may have unrestricted movement which will enable it to playwith toys or to use the arms in turning to a more comfortable position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a babys garment of thecharacter speeied which can be opened up flat for laundering. 1

These and other objects and features of the invention will-more fullyappear from the following description and the accompanying drawing andwill be particularly pointed out in the claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the garment illustrating in dotted linesthe position of the head and shoulders of a baby wearing the same;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the preferred form of garment when extendedfor laundering purposes;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the upper end portion of thebabys garment showing a preferred means for constricting the upper endcomfortably to t the babys chest;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the upper end of the garment when inextended position illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the' upper end portion of thegarment showing the manner in which the band and shoulder straps aresecured thereto; and,

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the upper portion of the garment showing theshoulder straps in crossed position.

The preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated herein comprises asack I, preferably of rectangular form, of sufcient size and lengthloosely to surround a babys body and legs and to permit full freedom ofmovement of the legs and having an open upper end through which thebabys body may be introduced into the sack, 55

5 armpits.

The lower end 2 of the garment is closed by stitching or in any suitablemanner to prevent the access of currents of air to the babys legs orbody.

l The open upper end 3 of the garment desirably is provided with a hem land is bound by a reenforcing band having inturned ends and stitchedalong the upper and lower edges to the garment. v

l5 The upper end is provided with suitable means to constrict orcontract it sumciently to flt comfortably upon the babys chest, such,for example, as by the provision of a releasable plait or plaitsprovided with a cooperating button and buttonholes. l

In the preferred construction shown the upper end is provided withbuttons 6 and 1 attached to the band 5 at equal distances from thecenter of the front and the upper end portion of the sack and the bandare provided with buttonholes 8 and 9 preferably equally spaced fromvthe button 6 and from each other and similar buttonholes III and IIequally spaced from the button l and from each other as illustrated inFig. 2.

When the garment is placed upon the baby the upper end portion isvfolded to form plaits I2 and I3 as illustrated in Fig. 3 with thebuttonholes 9 and 8 and the buttonholes II and III superimposed and thebuttons 6 and l introduced respectively through the superimposedbuttonholes thereby detachably securing' the plaits together` The upperend may be thus plaited in any suitable manner to cause the upper end ofthe sack comfortably to ilt beneath the babys 40 armpits.

Suitable means are provided for retaining the garment upon the babysvbody in such manner that the upper end thereof may be held in proximityto the babys armpits. In the preferred construction shoulder straps I4and I5 are so secured to the upper end of the garment as to retain thegarment in proper position and to be readily released to enable thegarment to be readily removed.

In the preferred construction illustrated one end of each shoulder strapis secured in the proper place between the band and the hem'l of theupper end of the back of the garment and the free ends of the shoulderstraps are provided with buttonholes I8 adapted to engage the but'- tons8 and 'i respectively. The shoulder straps Il and I5 may be passed overthe shoulders in parallelism and connected at their free ends to thebuttons 6 and 1 respectively as shown in Fig. 1, or may be made ofsuitable length to enableithem to be crossed and connected respectivelyto the buttons 1 and 6 as shown in Fig. 6 with the crossing eitherbehind the babys back or in front of the babys chest as may be desired.y

When the garment 'is thus secured upon the baby the babys arms can bemoved freely so that it can play with toys or use the arms in turningfrom one position to another, and the babys legs can be freely exercisedwhile protected against,

holes are superimposed and engaged by the adjacent button to formreleasable plaits to constrict said upper end sumciently comfortably toflt the babys chest, and suitably spaced shoulder straps fastened to therear portion of said upper end and having at their free ends buttonholesdetachably to engage the respective buttons and so located in saidshoulder strap as to retain the upper end of said sack in closeproximity to the babys armpits.

2. A babys adjustable play and sleeping garment comprising a rectangularsack of soft ilexi- -ble fabric having a closed lower end and acontinuous open upper end provided with a binding band, the frontportion of said upper end being provided with buttons widely spaced fromthe g center thereof, sets of alined buttonholes interquired wheremovements of the baby are restrained as is customary in usual types ofgarments.

If desired the lower end of the sack or garment instead of beingpermanently closed by stitching may be releasably closed by a zipper orother suitable constriction which will exclude the admission of air andwhich may be opened to permit access to the babys body without removingthe garment.

It will be understood .that the particular -embodiment of the inventionshown and described herein is of an illustrative character and is notrestrictive and that various modifications in form and arrangement ofparts may be made within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A babys adjustable play and sleeping garment comprising a sack ofsulcient size loosely to surround the babys body and having a closedlower end and a continuous open upper end having a front portionprovided with buttons equally spaced from the center thereofl and with aplurality of buttonholes on each side of said center suitably spacedfrom the adjacent button and from each other adapted when selectedbuttonmediate of the respective buttons and the center of said frontspaced from the adjacent button and from each other adapted when aplurality of buttonholes of the respective sets are superimposed andengaged by the adjacent button to form plaits to constrict said upperend sutilcientlycomfortably to fit the babys chest, and

suitably spaced shoulder straps fastened to the l rear portion of saidupper end and having at their free ends buttonholes detachably to engagethe respective plait-retaining buttons and so located in saidshoulderstraps as to retain said upper end in close proximity to thebabys armpits.

3. A babys adjustable play and sleeping garment comprising a rectangularsack of soft ilexible fabric having a closed lower end and a continuousopen upper end provided with a binding band, the front portion of saidupper end being provided with buttons widely spaced from the centerthereof, sets of alined buttonholes intermediate of the respectivebuttons and the center of said front equally spaced from the respectivebuttons and from each other adapted when a plurality of buttonholes ofeach set are superimposed. and engaged by the respective buttons to formplaits to constrict said upper end sumciently comfortably to ilt thebabys chest, and suitably spaced shoulder straps fastened to the rearportion of said upper end and having at 'their free ends buttonholesdetachably to engage 1 the respective plait-retaining buttons, thes'houlder straps being of. Suilicient length to enable g ABBY BEVERIDGEBAUM.

